User manual

<IO>

This portion of the MediaSetting.xml file is used to set up all the automation messages

coming into and out of the dCine. Based on these messages, the dCine can perform as a fully

featured Automation system.

Configuring the IO section for automation requires a number of steps. These steps include having

the support engineer

• Set up relevant devices for the dCine to monitor, such as serial ports, sockets and contact

closure units;

• Define “string patterns” that the dCine will monitor for on configured devices. Each string

pattern is allocated a specific name denoted as an event.

• Define <Triggers> (for example “Door Open”) and how the dCine needs to communicate

this trigger out through a configured IO device;

• Define <Macros> (Macros describe a group of Triggers).

Automation and the GUI

Once configured, all events and triggers are programmable via the GUI. You can set up an

<Event> to trigger anything from starting a show to triggering a device or a <Macro>. A playlist

can be programmed to trigger any device at any stage of the session.

With the GUI Automation control screen, you can send a trigger to any device.